Unit 6 Vocab Chapter 16

Question 1

the idea that portions of an urban area have specific and distinct purposes

Answer 1

Functional zones

Question 2

the commercial heart of a city

Answer 2

Central business district

Question 3

land in the center of a city will have higher value than land further away; higher-order services often dominate the center

Answer 3

Bid-rent theory

Question 4

when commercial interests benefit each other

Answer 4

Commensal relationship

Question 5

areas where people live

Answer 5

Residential zones

Question 6

describes a city as a series of rings that surrounds a central business district. CBD, transition zones, three residential zones

Answer 6

Concentric zone model

Question 7

Different types of land use were all located near the CBD and expanded into sectors

Answer 7

Sector model (Hoyt’s model)

Question 8

functional zonation occurs along multiple centers

Answer 8

Harris and Ullman multiple-nuclei model

Question 9

variant of the multiple-nuclei model, suburban neighborhoods surrounding an inner city and served by nodes of commercial activity

Answer 9

Peripheral model

Question 10

the original CBD become surrounded by a system of smaller nodes that may grow large enough to become edge cities

Answer 10

Galactic city model

Question 11

nodes of economic activity that have developed in the periphery of large cities

Answer 11

Edge cities

Question 12

focal religious point in Islamic cities surrounded by a complex of structures to serve the public

Answer 12

Mosque

Question 13

a fort designed to protect Islamic cities

Answer 13

Citadel

Question 14

traditional Islamic outdoor markets or covered bazaars

Answer 14

Suqs

Question 15

often used for Latin-American cities; two part CBD at the center

Answer 15

Griffin-Ford model

Question 16

sector in which theaters, restaurants, parks, and other amenities are located

Answer 16

Commercial spine

Question 17

growing secondary sector of a city

Answer 17

Mall

Question 18

the outer ring of the city; shows poverty, lack of infrastructure and shantytowns

Answer 18

Periférico

Question 19

areas of poorly built housing

Answer 19

Shantytowns

Question 20

neighborhoods marked by extreme poverty, homelessness, and lawlessness

Answer 20

Favelas (barrios)

Question 21

areas not connected to city services and under the control of criminals

Answer 21

Disamenity zones

Question 22

before European colonization, has small shops clustered along narrow, twisting streets

Answer 22

Traditional CBD

Question 23

broad, straight avenues and large homes, parks, and administrative centers

Answer 23

Colonial CBD

Question 24

thrives with curbside, car-side, and stall-based businesses that often hire people temporarily and do not follow all regulations

Answer 24

Informal economy zone

Question 25

places where small-scale merchants congregate weekly or yearly to sell their goods

Answer 25

Periodic markets

Question 26

area in a city that is less developed; where people live on land illegally and build homes

Answer 26

Informal settlements

Question 27

densely populated informal settlements

Answer 27

Squatter settlements

Question 28

describes the land use of Southeast Asia where the focus of the modern city is often a formal colonial port zone

Answer 28

McGee model

Question 29

regulations that define how property in specific geographic regions may be used

Answer 29

Zoning ordinances

Question 30

a process of promoting growth and controlling change in land use

Answer 30

Urban planning

Question 31

areas of a city devoted to where people live

Answer 31

Residential zones

Question 32

residential areas surrounding the CBD

Answer 32

Inner city

Question 33

as one moves farther from the inner city population and housing-unit density declines

Answer 33

Residential density gradient

Question 34

process by which houses pass from one social group to another

Answer 34

Filtering

Question 35

the process by which an ethnic enclave neighborhood changes to another group

Answer 35

Invasion and succession

Question 36

the process of increasing the residential density of an area by replacing open space with residences

Answer 36

Urban infill

Question 37

the movement of commerce out of cities to suburbs where rents are cheaper and commutes are shorter

Answer 37

Suburbanization of business

Question 38

the facilities and systems that serve the population

Answer 38

Infrastructure

Question 39

the local government of a city or town and the services it provides

Answer 39

Municipal

Question 40

a local entity that is all under the same jurisdiction

Answer 40

Municipality

Question 41

the process of adding land to a city's legally defined territory

Answer 41

Annexation

Question 42

the act of legally joining together to form a new city

Answer 42

Incorporation

Question 43

a residential suburb inhabited largely by people who commute to a nearby city for work

Answer 43

Bedroom communities

Question 44

regions that do not fall within the legal boundary of any city or municipality

Answer 44

Unincorporated areas

Question 45

buses, subways, light rail, and trains that are operated by a government agency

Answer 45

Public transportation